I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.

Douglas Adams Quotes

English - Writer March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001 Read full biography

To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity. Douglas Adams

Give, Which, Add

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - Douglas Adams

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Douglas Adams

Love, Funny, Fly

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams

Flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams

Learning, Throw, How

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. - Douglas Adams

It is a mistake to think you can solve any major problems just with potatoes. Douglas Adams

Mistake, Think, Potatoes

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. - Douglas Adams

I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be. Douglas Adams

Almost, Always, Wanted

If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands. Douglas Adams

Small, Hands, Like

A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools. Douglas Adams

Mistake, People, Something

Books are sharks... because sharks have been around for a very long time. There were sharks before there were dinosaurs, and the reason sharks are still in the ocean is that nothing is better at being a shark than a shark. Douglas Adams

Shark, Reason, Very

If you try and take a cat apart to see how it works, the first thing you have on your hands is a nonworking cat. Douglas Adams

Hands, Your, Works

There is a theory which states that if ever anyone discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened. Douglas Adams

Here, Bizarre, Another

Top 10
Douglas Adams
Quotes

Every country is like a particular type of person. America is like a belligerent, adolescent boy; Canada is like an intelligent, 35-year-old woman. Australia is like Jack Nicholson. It comes right up to you and laughs very hard in your face in a highly threatening and engaging manner. Douglas Adams

Woman, Country, Very

I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet, so who am I to judge? Douglas Adams

Rain, Think, I Think

See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise, you will only see what you were expecting. Most scientists forget that. Douglas Adams

Always, Expecting, Otherwise

In order to fly, all one must do is simply miss the ground. Douglas Adams

Fly, Ground, Must

My absolute favourite piece of information is the fact that young sloths are so inept that they frequently grab their own arms and legs instead of tree limbs, and fall out of trees. Douglas Adams

Young, Fact, Limbs

This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays. Douglas Adams

Never, Hang, Could

In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move. Douglas Adams

Been, Move, Very

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. - Douglas Adams

The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. Douglas Adams

Throw, How, Knack

I don't believe it. Prove it to me and I still won't believe it. Douglas Adams

Truth, Prove, Still

We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time when we hadn't worked out how many legs chairs should have, how tall they should be, and they would often 'crash' when we tried to use them. Douglas Adams

Think, Use, Them

He was a dreamer, a thinker, a speculative philosopher... or, as his wife would have it, an idiot. Douglas Adams

Dreams, Speculative, His

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. - Douglas Adams

I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. Douglas Adams

May, Think, I Think

Of course you can't 'trust' what people tell you on the web anymore than you can 'trust' what people tell you on megaphones, postcards or in restaurants. Working out the social politics of who you can trust and why is, quite literally, what a very large part of our brain has evolved to do. Douglas Adams

Trust, Politics, Very

Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so. Douglas Adams

Time, Lunchtime, Doubly

Look at a book. A book is the right size to be a book. They're solar-powered. If you drop them, they keep on being a book. You can find your place in microseconds. Books are really good at being books, and no matter what happens, books will survive. Douglas Adams

Survive, Will, Drop

You live and learn. At any rate, you live. Douglas Adams

Learn, Rate, Any

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